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Yina Quique, PhD
I am a clinician-scientist committed to improving rehabilitation outcomes and healthcare services for stroke survivors with aphasia. I am especially interested in developing culturally-sensitive and language-specific interventions for Spanish speakers with aphasia.
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Current - 2020
Ph.D. Communication Science and Disorders
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
2019 - 2015
- Dissertation: Get in Sync: Entrainment Mechanisms and Individual Characteristics Associated with Scripted-Sentence Learning in Aphasia
M.S., Music Therapy
National University of Colombia
Bogota, Colombia
2012 - 2010
B.A., Speech and Language Pathology
National University of Colombia
Bogota, Colombia
2006 - 2002
Appointments & Positions
Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Education in Health Sciences Northwestern UniversityPI: Neil Jordan, Allen Heinemann, Leora Cherney, Cindy Nowinski
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Current - 2020
Lab Manager and Graduate Research Assistant
Language Rehab and Cognition LabUniversity of PittsburghPI: William S. Evans
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2019 - 2017
Graduate Student Researcher
Language and the Brain LabUniversity of PittsburghPI: Michael W. Dickey
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2019 - 2015
Research Associate, WOC
Department of Speech Pathology and AudiologyVA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
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2017 - 2016
Research and Teacher Assistant
Manuela Beltran UniversitySpeech Pathology LabPI: Ana Vega
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2015 - 2012
Grant Support
PhD Scholarship from the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD)
Role: Predoctoral Fellow
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2020
New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship. American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
Role: Predoctoral Fellow
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2019
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Student Award
Role: Predoctoral Fellow
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2019
Tinker Summer Research Grant, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Role: Predoctoral Fellow
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2017
Fulbright Program Scholarship. US Department of State
Role: Predoctoral Fellow
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2019 - 2015
Publications
Cavanaugh, R.B., Kravetz, C., Jarold, L., Quique, Y., Turner, R., Evans, W.S. (in press). Is there a research-practice dosage gap in aphasia rehabilitation? American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
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in press
Evans, WS, Cavanaugh, R.B., Quique, Y, Boss, E, Starns, J.J., Hula, W.D. (2021). Playing with BEARS: Balancing Effort, Accuracy, and Response Speed in a Semantic Feature Verification Anomia Treatment Game. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
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2021
Evans, WS, Quique, Y. Understanding speed-accuracy processing dynamics in aphasia using response time modeling. Seminars in Speech and Language. Jun;42(3):240-255.
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2021
Quique, Y., Swiderski, A. M., Hula, W., & Dickey, M. Treatment of Underlying Forms: A Bayesian meta-analysis of the effects of treatment and person related variables on treatment response. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
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in press
Quique, Y, Evans, WS, Ortega-Llebaría, M, Zipze, L., Dickey, MW. Get in Sync: Speech Entrainment Mechanisms and Individual Characteristics for Scripted-Sentence Learning in Aphasia.
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under review
Evans, W. S., Hula, W.D., Quique, Y., Starns, J.J. How much time do people with aphasia need to respond during picture naming? Estimating optimal response time cutoffs using a multinomial ex-gaussian approach. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 1–16.
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2020
Quique, Y. M., Evans, W. S., & Dickey, M. W. Acquisition and generalization responses in aphasia naming treatment: a meta-analysis of Semantic Feature Analysis outcomes. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 28(1S), 230-246.
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2019
Refereed Presentations
Quique,Y., Cavanaugh, R.B., Starns, J.J., Boss, E., Hula, W.D., and Evans, W.S. (2020). Estimating the speed-accuracy tradeoff “Sweet Spot” in language performance for people with aphasia: replication and extension of a diffusion-model based approach. Abstract for poster presentation, 50th annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference
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2021
Cavanaugh, R.B., Quique, Y., Boss, E, Hula, W.D., and Evans, W.S. (2020). Practicing with BEARS: Active Ingredients in Semantic Feature Analysis. Abstract for poster presentation, 51st annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Online
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2021
Evans, W.S., Cavanaugh, R.B., Quique, Y., Boss,E., Dickey, M.W., Doyle , P, Starns,J.J.,and Hula, W.D., BEARS-Balancing Effort, Accuracy, and Response Speed in semantic feature verification anomia treatment. Abstract for platform presentation, 50th annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference
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2021
Cavanaugh, R.B., Kravetz, C., Jarold, L., Quique, Y., Turner, R., Evans, W.S. Is there a research-practice dosage gap in aphasia rehabilitation? Abstract for poster presentation, Aphasia Access Leadership Summit, online.
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2021
Quique, Y., Evans, WS., Zipze, L., Dickey, MW., Get in sync: rhythm in speech entrainment as a mechanism for scripted-sentence learning in aphasia. Abstract for poster presentation, annual Academy of Aphasia.
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2020
Evans, WS., Quique, Y., Hula, WD., and Starns, J. How much time do PWA need for naming? Platform presentation, annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Whitefish, Montana.
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2019
Quique, Y., Dresang, H., Dickey, MW. Semantic memory for objects, actions & events in Colombian people with aphasia. Abstract for research symposium in Clinical Aphasiology selected poster presentation, annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Austin, Texas.
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2018
Quique, Y., Evans, WS and Dickey, MW. Acquisition & generalization responses in aphasia naming treatment: a meta-analysis of semantic feature analysis outcomes. Abstract for Research Symposium in Clinical Aphasiology selected poster presentation, annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Snowbird, Utah.
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2017
Quique, Y. & Dickey, M. Syntactical processing of musical and linguistic information. Abstract for the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) conference. San Diego, July 30-Aug 3, 2017.
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2017
Quique, Y., Dickey, MW. (2016). Acquisition & generalization responses in aphasia naming treatment: a meta-analysis of semantic feature analysis outcomes. Abstract for ASHA convention Technical Session. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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2016
Teaching
Achievement in Pedagogy Badge, University Center for Teaching and Learning - University of Pittsburgh
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2019
Adult Neurogenic Disorders. University of Minnesota. Invited by Dr. Natalie Covington
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2021
- Guest Lecture 1: Rhythm in aphasia interventions
- Guest Lecture 2: Case studies in adult neurological communication disorders
College teaching. Online Education Center – Manuela Beltran University. Bogota, Colombia
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2013
Honors and Awards
NIH-NIDCD Fellowship: Research Symposium in Clinical Aphasiology
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2020
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) sponsored. Academy of Aphasia Young Investigator Fellowship
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2018
Summer School on Statistical Methods for Linguistics and Psychology
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2018
Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award for the ASHA convention
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2018
NIH-NIDCD Fellowship: Research Symposium in Clinical Aphasiology
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2018
NIH-NIDCD Fellowship: Research Symposium in Clinical Aphasiology
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2017
Minority Student Leadership Program. ASHA Convention. Los Angeles, CA
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2017
Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS) Student Fellow
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2016
National University of Colombia Graduate Fellowship. (2 years full tuition)
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2013
Certification, Licensure, Memberships, and Service
Member, Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (CATs). Societal Impact and Reintegration Research Group. Assessment and Outcomes Working Group
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2018 -
Member, Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC).
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2016 -
Member, Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC).
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2016 -
Member, Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS).
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2015